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4am . . . Funny how getting up at that time for a holiday is so different to getting up for work. . . Although not as good when the 2yr old decides 4am is 1am ;(

Quick, easy and painless trip to KLIA2 airport. Still can't believe James gets up and takes his guests to the train at 430am. This man seriously goes the extra mile, if you ever need to stay in KL stay at Rumah Putih.

... I assume is a sought after job around here. We arrived at the "farm" and started viewing the silk worms in different stages of development. Our group consisted of 11 westerners, all young backpacker types. We were shown how they collect the cocoon and turn it into silk thread. Then how they weave the different threads into silk sheets. The methods they use here are unchanged from centuries past and it seems very complicated. The tour guide said depending on ...

... started the restorations. They saved Angkor from the jungle! The temples are surrounded by dense forest and one of them, Ta Prohm, was left in a state with big trees growing out and through the buildings. Silk cotton wood and strangler figs are dominant. Looking at the effect of nature against human structure you can see that nature clearly has the upper hand. It also shows the huge efforts still necessary to keep these temples preserved. ...

... ticket. Very classy, although the photo is far from flattering. I wasn't expecting it either so my expression is one of gormless 'Huh?'. We arrived at Angkor Wat, the poster boy for the whole archaeological site, which incidentally is a whopping 400km squared in total. I barely saw a smidge of that today. Angkor Wat is impressive and mighty large. Way bigger than I expected, more like a walled medieval city than a temple. The ravages of time has ...

... br> The journey back was swift and uneventful. We decided to dine at the hotel once we had freshened up and the cocktail bar beckoned before we had dinner with wine. I'm afraid we were a little noisy for some of our dinner companions but I couldn't help noticing that some of the sedate couples around us were casting envious glances towards our constant, animated conversation, punctuated with regular hoots of laughter.